| dc.description.abstract | Sustainable construction is one of the most important attributes in developing countries to achieve sustainable
development. This research aims to investigate the importance of the use of sustainable aspects during construction
towards sustainable development in a country. There are two main objectives namely: to identify the factors of
sustainable construction as indicators for sustainable development measurement and to investigate the contribution of
sustainable construction practices to environmental, social and economic development. Through a comprehensive
literature review, 39 factors related to sustainable construction were identified under the eight main criteria based on
the green rating system of the Green Building Council, Sri Lanka. The contribution of those identified factors to three
themes of sustainable development, namely: environmental, social and economic was investigated through the
responses collected using a questionnaire survey. Respondents cover CS2 to C4 grade construction companies via
physical and google questionnaire forms. The sample size was taken based on the purposive sampling method. 122
responses were collected and those were analyzed using the Relative Importance Index (RII). According to the results,
Material and Resources (MR), Water Reuse (WR), Energy (E), and Innovation and Innovative Aspect (IA) categories
mostly contributed to economic development. Effective Land Use (LU) and Management Aspect (MA) mostly contributed
to environmental development. The other two categories, Social and Cultural Awareness (SC) and Indoor Environment
Quality (IEQ) mostly contributed to social development. Further, all the factors under Energy category have significantly
contributed to economic development compared to other factors in all other categories. | en_US |
